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2025-2026 Bill 3384 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3384

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 16-11-700, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION ON DUMPING LITTER ON PRIVATE OR 
PUBLIC PROPERTY, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

Be it enacted by the General 
Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 16-11-700 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
16-11-700. (A) A person, from a 
vehicle or otherwise, may not dump, throw, drop, deposit, discard, or otherwise 
dispose of litter or other solid waste, as defined by Section 44-96-40(2), (6), 
(32), (33), (43), (46), (73), and (74), and including cigarette butts and cigarette 
component litter, upon waters or public or private property in the State for 
which he is not the legal owner or a person otherwise granted permission by the 
legal owner including, but not limited to, a highway, park, beach, campground, 
forest land, recreational area, trailer park, road, street, or alley except:

 (1) 
on property designated by the State for the disposal of litter and other solid 
waste and the person is authorized to use the property for that purpose; or

 (2) 
into a litter receptacle in a manner that the litter is prevented from being 
carried away or deposited by the elements upon a part of the private or public 
property or waters.

 (B) 
Responsibility for the removal of litter from property or receptacles is upon 
the person convicted pursuant to this section of littering the property or 
receptacles. If there is no conviction for littering, the responsibility is 
upon the owner of the property.

 (C) 
A person who violates the provisions of this section in an amount not more than fifteen ten pounds, 
including cigarette butts and cigarette components, is 
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less 
than twenty-five fifty dollars 
and not more than one two 
hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty 
days. In addition to the fine or term of 
imprisonment, the court also must impose eight hours of litter-gathering 
labor or other form of community service in the community of the committed offense. A person who fails to pay the fine or complete the 
litter-gathering labor is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be 
imprisoned for not more than one year.

 (D) 
The fine for a deposit of a collection of litter or garbage in an amount not 
more than fifteen pounds in an area or facility not intended for public deposit 
of litter or garbage is not less than fifty seventy-five dollars and not more than one hundred and fifty two hundred 
twenty-five dollars. The provisions of this subsection apply to a 
deposit of litter or solid waste, as defined by Section 44-96-40(2), (6), (32), 
(33), (43), (46), (73), and (74), including cigarette butts and cigarette 
components, in an area or facility not intended for public deposit of litter or 
garbage. This subsection does not prohibit a private property owner from 
depositing litter or garbage as a property enhancement if the depositing does 
not violate applicable local or state health and safety regulations. In 
addition to a fine and for each offense pursuant to the provisions of this 
subsection, the court also shall impose a minimum of sixteen hours of 
litter-gathering labor or other form of community service in the community of the committed offense.

 (1) 
The court, instead of payment of the monetary fine imposed for a violation of 
this section, may direct the substitution of additional litter-gathering labor or other form of community service 
in the community of the committed offense.

 (2) 
In addition to other punishment authorized by this section, in the discretion 
of the court in which conviction is obtained, the person may be directed by the 
judge to pick up and remove from any public place or any private property, with 
prior permission of the legal owner of the property upon which it is 
established by competent evidence that the person has deposited litter, all 
litter deposited on the place or property by any person before the date of 
execution of sentence.

 (E) 
A person who violates the provisions of this section in an amount exceeding 
fifteen pounds, but not exceeding five hundred pounds on any public or private 
property, any portion of the road right of way, fresh-water lake, river, canal 
or stream, or tidal or coastal waters of the State must be 
charged with illegal dumping of litter and is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon 
conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred thousand dollars nor more than five 
hundred thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. In 
addition, the court shall require the viola